gm_cron

Cron Jobs in Garry's Mod.

Example

require("cron")

local job
local count = 0
job = CronJob("1/10 * * * * *", function()
	print("I get executed every 10s!")

    	count = count + 1
	if count > 3 then
		print("Removed after 30s!")
		job:Remove()
	end
end)

PrintTable(job)

Compiling

• Open a terminal
• Install cargo if you dont have it (on Windows => https://win.rustup.rs) (on Linux/Macos => curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh)
• Get git or download the archive for the repository directly
• git clone https://github.com/Earu/gm_cron (ignore this if you've downloaded the archive)
• Run cd gm_cron
• cargo build
• Go in target/debug and rename the binary according to your branch and realm (gmsv_cron_win64.dll, gmcl_cron_win64.dll, gmsv_cron_linux.dll, gmcl_cron_linux.dll, gmcl_cron_osx64.dll)
• Put the binary in your gmod lua/bin directory

Note: Even on other platforms than Windows the extension of your modules needs to be .dll